GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| prattle | prate |
| vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |
| lull | to cause to sleep or rest : soothe |
| bedizen | to dress or adorn gaudily |
| clique | a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons |
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| elysian | of or relating to Elysium |
| environ | encircle |